4th Feb 1888 Partick Thistle 1 Vale of Leven 3 (Friendly)

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Match Information

James Miller
Bob Marshall
James Miller (1-0, 2nd half)					Daniel Paton (1-1, 2nd half); ? (1-2, 2nd half); ? (1-3, 2nd half)
			Thomas Burns		James Wilson
			John Hendry		John Forbes
			John Munro		Andrew Whitelaw
22y, 8m, 13d			Bob Robertson		Murray
25y, 7m, 18d			Robert Middleton		Gilbert Rankin
21y, 7m, 18d			John Stewart		John Baird
			James Miller		James McLachlan
			Robert Brown		McIntyre
			Jim Buchanan		Daniel Paton
22y, 3m, 23d			Andrew Johnston		Cowan
24y, 8m, 1d			Jerry Suter		Graham
23y, 4m, 23d

notes

EC lists the Vale forwards in a different order.

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Match Report

TTA report

Vale scored but it was off-side - Burns making no attempt to save. They had the better chances but it was 0-0 at half-time. Sustained pressure saw Miller gave Thistle the lead. There was a stoppage before Vale accepted it (claiming off-side) but 3 goals turned the game in the favour of the “senior club” (GEP)

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 19 consecutive quoted competitive appearances (not known to be broken) for John Hendry, 10th Nov 1883 to date. (A new club-record.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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